Автор: Mankell HenningНазвание: A Bridge to the StarsISBN: 0440240425 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780440240426Издательство: Random House (USA)Цена: 743 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.)Описание: Two things are hard for Joel Gustafson to cope with: not knowing why, and not being able to do anything about it. Joel and his father live in a small town in cold northern Sweden. Joel's father was once a sailor who lived by the sea. Joel's mother once lived with them. Joel's father abandoned the sea. Joel's mother abandoned Joel and his father. While looking out his window late one misty night, Joel sees a lonely dog in the street. He spots the animal again and begins sneaking out night after night, trying to find it. During these nocturnal outings, Joel discovers aspects of his life he has never imagined. A Bridge to the Stars is a magical mystery, that leaves the reader spellbound and full of hope for Joel and his father's future.

Описание: In a convent in Africa, four nuns and an unidentified fifth woman are found dead, their throats slashed. Thousands of miles away in Sweden, a shadowy figure prepares to exact a serial and cruel vengeance for these brutal killings. Inspector Kurt Wallander is back from an idyllic holiday in Rome, full of energy and plans for the future. Autumn settles over the Swedish province of Skane and Wallander prays the winter will be peaceful. But when he investigates the disappearance of an elderly bird-watcher he discovers a gruesome and meticulously planned murder - a body impaled in a trap of sharpened bamboo poles. Then another man is reported missing. And once again, Wallander's life is on hold, as he and his close-knit team work tirelessly to find a link between a series of vicious murders.

Описание: As Inspector Wallander's personal life is falling apart, he is confronted with a hideous crime which has devastating repercussions. An elderly couple are brutally murdered in their farmhouse and the suspicion falls on the immigrant community.

Описание: Crestfallen, dejected and spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty, Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance seeks Wallander`s help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died, Kurt doesn`t want to know.

Описание: Stopping to get money from a cash machine one evening, a man inexplicably falls to the ground: dead. A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenaged girls. Quickly apprehended they appal local policemen with their total lack of remorse. One girl escapes police custody and disappears without trace. Soon afterwards a blackout covers half the country. When an engineer arrives at the malfunctioning power station, he makes a grisly discovery. Inspector Kurt Wallander is sure that these events must be linked... somehow. Hampered by the discovery of betrayals in his own team, lonely and frustrated, Wallander begins to lose conviction in his role as a detective. The search for answers leads Wallander dangerously close to a shadowy group of anarchic terrorists, hidden within the anonymity of cyberspace. Somehow these criminals seem always to know the police's next move. Wallander finds himself fighting to outsmart them In their gripping police procedural about our increasing vulnerability in the modern digitalised world.